Title : 
A 15-mW fully integrated I/Q synthesizer for Bluetooth in 0.18-μm CMOS
         
        
            Author : 
Leenaerts, Domine M W ; Vaucher, Cicero S. ; Bergveld, Henk Jan ; Thompson, Michael ; Moore, Kevin
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Philips Res. Labs., Eindhoven, Netherlands
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A low-power fully integrated synthesizer for Bluetooth applications is presented. The circuit with quadrature output signals at 2.45 GHz and 15-mW power dissipation has been designed in a digital 0.18-μm CMOS process with 1.8-V supply voltage. The only external component is a 64-MHz crystal. Measurements have been performed on packaged samples mounted on an FR-4 board and show that the Bluetooth requirements are met. The measured phase noise is below -120 dBc/Hz at 3-MHz offset, and the resulting residual frequency modulation is 7.4-kHz rms. The tuning range consists of an analog and digital tuning mechanism, resulting in more than 15% overall tuning range.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Bluetooth; CMOS integrated circuits; circuit tuning; frequency modulation; frequency synthesizers; low-power electronics; phase noise; 0.18 micron; 1.8 V; 15 mW; 2.45 GHz; Bluetooth system; CMOS technology; FR-4 board; frequency modulation; low-power fully-integrated I/Q synthesizer; phase noise; tuning range; Bluetooth; CMOS process; Integrated circuit measurements; Performance evaluation; Power dissipation; Signal design; Signal processing; Synthesizers; Tuning; Voltage;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/JSSC.2003.813242